Trains Collide at Sharon Station in Fatal Express-Local Crash
A rear end collision at Sharon Massachusetts on Sunday night between a Mansfield local and an express train killed seven and wounded twenty six. The wreck destroyed the rear local car and damaged the express engine as rescuers rushed to the scene. Victims include Franklin M. Waters and Mary Fitzpatrick among others. most injured were Boston residents.
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Sharon
Mass
New York, New Haven
Startford
Boston
Franklin M. Waters
Somerville
William J. Fitzpatrick
Mary Fitzpatrick
Watson
Westerly
R. L
C. H. Briscoe
Revere
Dos
Canton Junction
Mansfield
Getehhell
Holmes
The
Express
Getchell
Adent
Manila Battle Report Highlights Spanish Resistance Nominal
Reports from the steamer China describe Manila’s defense as mostly nominal and aimed at preserving Spanish honor. American casualties were 46 killed and about 100 wounded. Spanish losses around 200 killed and 400 wounded.
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Losa
Manila
Tondo
Escolta
Jinondo
Merritt
Jaudenes
Merritt Proclaims Military Occupation in Manila
The Manila correspondent reports Gen Merritt has proclaimed a government of military occupation. News of the armistice arrived on the 16th. There is concern the Americans may return the Philippines to Spain and renew tyranny. Foreign opinion praises commanders for excluding armed rebels and preventing Manila pillage.
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London
Manila
Daily Telegraph
Merritt
Philippines
Spain
Cuban and Porto Rican Commissioners Prepare Dispatch
A Times Madrid correspondent reports a committee led by Duke Almodovar de Rio with ministers of colonies war and marine and a lieutenant general is preparing instructions for Cuban and Porto Rican commissioners. The dispatch aims for August 31 arrival per protocol.
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London
Times
Madrid
Almodovar de Rio
Senor Romero Giron
Correa
Amon
Three Soldiers Die of Typhoid at Fort McPherson
Atlanta Ga Aug 22 Harry L Gay of troop F 5th cavalry William Bellamy of troop D 29th cavalry and Abner Powers of company M 2d New York volunteers died at Fort McPherson Sunday from typhoid fever Powers body shipped to New York others to be buried in Marietta National Cemetery homes unknown
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Atlanta
Harry L. Gay
5Th Cavalry
William 8. Bellamy
Abner Powers
New York Volunteers
Fort McPherson
Powers
New York
National Cemetery
Marietta
Petition drives to exit volunteer regiments at Presidio
In San Francisco on August 22 volunteers from nearly all regiments at the Presidio circulate petitions asking the secretary of war to muster them out. Few officers support the movement, and efforts are underway to suppress it.
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San Francisco
Presidio
Chicago Wins Two Games in Brooklyn Series
Chicago defeated Brooklyn twice in a Sunday doubleheader in Cuycago. The first game ended Chicago 4 Brooklyn 3 and the second game Chicago 3 Brooklyn 0.
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Chicago
Cuycaco
Brooklyn
Welcome to Sampsons Fleet Daily Victory Pageant in New York
New York Aug 22 crowds crowded the harbor as Sampsons fleet returned from the war campaign. The navy received a royal greeting with cheers on river and shores and flags raised at forts and flagship. Sampson praised the fleet saying no mistakes were made and the health of the ships is good though Indiana Iowa and New York need docking.
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New York
Castle William
Governor's Island
New Jersey
Sampson
United States
Indiana
Iowa
King
Arizona
Merriam
Honolulu
Washington
Charles Cramp
Cramp
Philadelphia
Adm. Sampson
North River
Pritchard
Cunarder
Carinthia
Boston
Grand Banks
Providence
R. L
Herreshoff
Morgan-Iselin Syndicate
North Atlantic
Admiral Sampson
Admiral Schley
Admiral Howell
West Indies
Gulf of Mexico
Caribbean Sea
Toledo
Wishart
Galveston
Rotterdam
Crimrock
Sicily
Manila Quiet as Aguinaldo Rebels Ordered Back
Aug 22 Manila reports calm with banks open and business resumed. May Merritt orders armed rebels ten miles from the city within three days. Aguinaldo emissaries seek employment under American rule for the leading rebel, which is granted. Rebels vow to resist if ordered to retreat, despite Manila’s 10,000 American troops. Customs dues at the port reach $2,000,000.
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Manina
Paris
Merritt
Manila
Aguinaldo
Manilla
Custom House
Spectacle of Warship Pageant Delights New York Crowds
Citizens along Cortlandt street and Staten Island joined a grand procession as the Glen Island steamship carried the mayor and committee toward the flag ships. Adm Sampson's New York led a line of battleships past Governor's Island to Grant's tomb, with cheers, salutes, and patriotic fervor. Troops report good health. 4,000 Spanish troops hold Iloilo. casualties include Sergt Burnsen and privates Pratt Dickson Paden.
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Citizens’ Committee
Cortlandt Street
Glen Island
Tompkinsville
Staten Island
Adm. Sampson
New York
Adm. Schley
Brooklyn
Massachusetts
Oregon
Icawa
Indiana
Texas
Governor’s
Guantanamo
Santiago
Grant
Adm
Sampson
Towa
Merritt
Aguinaldo
Iloilo
Sergt. Burnsen
158Th
Minnesota
Pratt
Dickson
Paden
Transport Serguranuca Sails for Santiago
The transport Serguranca sailed Monday afternoon from New York for Santiago carrying supplies and mail. Adjt. Gen. Corbin said that anyone wishing to send packages or communications to troops at Santiago could do so by contacting Col. Kimball at the Army building in New York City.
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Washineton
Aus
New York
Santiago
Adjt
Corbin
Col. Kimball
Army Building
New York City
Knights of Pythias Grand Lodge Meet in Indianapolis
Indiana dispatch reports the Grand Lodge and Uniform Rank encampment of Knights of Pythias to begin in Indianapolis next Monday. The event draws heavy attendance, with rail rates reduced and daily sessions planned for two weeks, amid city decorations and heightened activity.
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Grand Lodge
Uniform Bank
Indianapolis
Ind
Supreme Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Sisters Rabbon
Pythian
Knights of Khorassan
Indian graveyard found near Covington site with armor
In a gravel pit west of Covington workers uncovered a large standing graveyard of skeletons facing east. Each skeleton lay with a coat of armor, suggesting warriors who died in battle, a pattern similar to a nearby Crawfords ville find.
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Hinnsporo
Ind
Covington
Crawfordsville
Fearat Ft. Wayne Resident Killed At Railroad Crossing
Joshua J. Williams, a prominent Ft. Wayne citizen, was struck and killed by a freight engine at the Broadway crossing of the Pennsylvania Railroad while returning home after misjudging the train’s distance.
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Ft. Wayne
Ind
Joshua J. Williams
Broadway Crossing
Pennsylvania Railroad
Manion
John Long
Moorewood Tin “Plate Works
Gas City
Jonesboro
Railroad worker mangled at Mavison depot
Charles H L Branham an incline plane conductor for the Pennsylvania railroad was crushed by depot doors while switching two freight cars at Mavison Indiana. His recovery is doubtful and conditions are described as serious.
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Mavison
Ind
Charles HL Branham
Pennsylvania Railroad
Isis
Hicksite Friends open services with Isaac Wilson addresses
The Hicksite Friends conference in Richmont Ind held open religious services on Sunday with Isaac Wilson of Canada among the speakers. Evarts Ind and Manion Ind report drownings and a fatal railway accident involving local workers near Bluffton Gas City and Jonesboro.
Badly Mangied by a Train Peru News Item
Article notes a tragic accident in Peru Indiana on August 22 involving Mrs Anna Wilson a well known resident. Details are incomplete but imply serious injuries from a train incident.
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Peru
Ind
Anna Wilson
Thie
Death of Don Federico Madrazo in Madrid
Madrid announces the death of Don Federico Madrazo a famed Spanish painter aged 84. Other briefs note cable service linking Hong Kong and Manila and troop movements in Spain and the Philippines along with naval and military updates.
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Hong Kong
Manila
Madrid
Federico Madrazo
Markets Report From Cincinnati and Chicago Aug 20 Prices
Cincinnati markets list patent flour and various grades with prices for spring and winter lots. Wheat and corn futures and spot values noted, oats and rye figures shown. Livestock prices for hogs, cattle, and sheep listed by grade with range, plus lambs and veal calves values. Chicago futures show wheat and corn with August and September contracts and barley and rye pricing.
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Cincinnati
Northwestern
Cartle
Chicago
Omer
Notable New York Yacht Club Elections and Notable Achievements
Admiral Dewey and Capt. Sigsbee join the New York Yacht Club's newly elected members. Samuel Edgar Francis a Boston hotel waiter mastered nine languages without leaving the country. Alfred Dole, nephew of Hawaii's ex president, serves in the National Guard. Rear Admiral McNair is assigned to the Naval Academy succeeding Philip H. Cooper. Mayor Lawrence Fagan of Hoboken rescued residents from a burning building. J C Bennett of New York donated 250 ten cent stamps for health certificates. Buffalo Bill Cody earned his nickname from supplying meat to Kansas Pacific railroad workers.
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Admiral Dewey
Capt
Sigsbee
New York Yacht Club
Samuel Edgar Francis
Boston
Alfred Dole
Dole
Hawaii
Company K
National Guard
Philippines
McNair
Naval Academy
Philip H. Cooper
Admiral Rodgers
Lawrence Fagan
Hoboken
N. J
J. C. Bennett
New York
The
Health Board
Internal Revenue
Col. W. F. Cody
Buffalo Bill
Kansas Pacific
Charlies Warren Stoddard
Quotations on will, virtue, and duty from historic thinkers
A collection of reflective statements from Locke, Seneca, Boyle, Th eologia Germanica, and others. It links will, obedience, and virtue with practical duty and personal character, noting how desire, power, obstacles, and daily conduct shape ethics. The passages urge self-scrutiny through exemplary lives and steadfast action.
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Kam
Locke
Theologia Germanica
Robert Boyle
Cato
Socrates
Brutus
Seneca
God
Roderick Stebbins
Patriotically Designed Jewelry Fascinates Shoppers
Match boxes bear portraits of Schley Hobson and Dewey while army and navy button covers, patriotic pencils, and miniature cannon designs in oxidized silver attract buyers. A line of silver portrait frames, laurel dip bracelets, and belt buckles feature green enamel wreaths and a sailor and soldier clasping hands monogrammed U S as noted by Jewelers' Weekly.
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Schley
Hobson and Dewey
Army
Navy
Names of Flowers and Their Origins
The fuchsia honors botanist Leonard Fuchs while magnolia recalls Pierre Magnol. Dahlia namesake is Andrew Dahl, a Swedish botanist. Lilac stems from lilas via Persian meaning flower. Tulip derives from Persian dulband meaning turban and Busbeck introduced bulbs to Europe in the sixteenth century. Dandelion comes from French dent de lion meaning lion's tooth.
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Fuchsia
Leonard Fuchs
Pierre Magnol
Andrew Dahl
Europe
Persia
Busbeck
Dulband
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Spanish Military Commission
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Lord Russell
Killowen
Ireland
America
Russell
Quebec
Charles Fitzpatrick
Bourke Cochran
Orient
Fu-Chow
Aldenburg
Eng
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Sweden
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Que
Dewey
McKinley
Gen. Merritt
Indiana News
Mooresville
Leitzmin
Schoull & Co
W. K. Leitzman
Indiana Boys
Martinsville
Robert Morris
Elmer Toner
Shelbyville
Itfon
Duvas
Central America
Santa Cruze
Fountain’s Indian Graveyard
Hammond Steel Plant
Handa Mammonn
Sykes Roofing Co
Niles, C
Corning Steel
Warsaw
Wm. Clark
Clark
Friends Meeting
Elkhart River
Evwaart
John Wilson
Bluffton
San Roqua
Barcelona
Porto Rico Commission
Adm. Vallarino
Gen Ortega
Senor Sanchez de Laruila
Remy
Key West
Adm. Mathews
Puebla
Otis
Gen. Hughes
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Christian Alliance
Simpson
Cuba
Carrollton
John Underwood
Here
Eugene Paddy
Dave Underwood
Paddy
J. Martineau
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